Assessing the Coming Impact of Cloud Computing on Outsourced Solutions

Cognizant believes the evolution of cloud solutions will take two distinct steps. The first will be a better, faster, cheaper way of delivering current IT solutions. An example today is Google Apps with corporate e-mail platforms. The second step, says Coburn, will come “when we can do new things with the cloud model at a business level. This will occur when organizations use social computing on the cloud in a business context, enabling particular platforms of collaboration around specific business problems.” Another way it will evolve is the varied adoption for public clouds versus private clouds.